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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Videos: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by kobo[/i] [br]"ALLAHU AKBAR!SUBHAN ALLAH! SUBHANAHU WA TA'ALA!" (God= Allah swt is [the] Greatest!" Glorified be Allah!"Free is God from what they associate with Him!" May He be Glorified and Exalted!)[hr][img=left]http://vid.alarabiya.net/images/2014/07/29/de47cfe3-1564-46f3-978d-71febac02cbb/de47cfe3-1564-46f3-978d-71febac02cbb_16x9_600x338.jpg[/img=left] Al Arabiya News Tuesday, 29 July 2014; [list][*][url="http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/world/2014/07/29/Moscow-needs-more-mosques-Russian-cleric-.html"][b][size=4]Russian muftis: Moscow needs more mosques[/size=4][/b][/url][/*][/list] The Russian capital Moscow requires more mosques due to overcrowding at existing ones, the country’s Council of Muftis said on Monday, Russia Today reported. “Believers deserve more mosques in Moscow,” said¬ council spokesperson Gulnur Gaziyeva. “We are suggesting 10 mosques for the whole of Moscow, one for each administrative district.” Worshippers flock to the capital’s four mosques during religious celebrations, where they often pray on the street due to overcrowding, prompting authorities to block major roads to traffic. More mosques would prevent these problem¬s, said Gaziyeva. “No one would have to stop the traffic if the mosques were evenly distributed throughout the city.” Muslim officials have repeatedly called for more mosques in recent years as the capital’s Muslim population grows. Moscow’s mayor, Sergey Sobyanin, has repeatedly blocked such requests, saying last year that “only migrant workers” needed them.....[url="http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/world/2014/07/29/Moscow-needs-more-mosques-Russian-cleric-.html"][b][size=4]Full Report[/size=4][/b][/url] [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.